Several months ago we acquired an old ranch trailer from a close friend of ours. This trailer had a lot of sentimental value to us because it had once belonged to a now deceased neighbor of ours. For that reason, we saved the old trailer deck boards for a future project. This last weekend that project became a garden bench. I did some looking and found this simple bench plan here. I wanted to paint something on the side that would fancy it up a bit and give it an antique or primitive look... like it had been painted for a very long time. I found this awesome and super easy tutorial by Diddle Dumpling where you easily transfer images printed on an inkjet printer straight to a wood surface using only water and a little rubbing. It really is that easy!! After it was good and dry, I applied a good coat of polyurethane. We love the way it turned out! I will definitely use this fun and easy method of transferring images again.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Primitive Garden Bench Project
Several months ago we acquired an old ranch trailer from a close friend of ours. This trailer had a lot of sentimental value to us because it had once belonged to a now deceased neighbor of ours. For that reason, we saved the old trailer deck boards for a future project. This last weekend that project became a garden bench. I did some looking and found this simple bench plan here. I wanted to paint something on the side that would fancy it up a bit and give it an antique or primitive look... like it had been painted for a very long time. I found this awesome and super easy tutorial by Diddle Dumpling where you easily transfer images printed on an inkjet printer straight to a wood surface using only water and a little rubbing. It really is that easy!! After it was good and dry, I applied a good coat of polyurethane. We love the way it turned out! I will definitely use this fun and easy method of transferring images again.
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You are so clever and creative!
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